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Pretorius — may mean:*André Pretorius, South African rugby player *Andries Pretorius (1799 1853), Boer leader *Marthinus Wessel Pretorius (1819 1901), his son, first president of the South African Republic: a Boer republic also often known as the Transvaal… … Wikipedia

Pretorius — Recorded in several forms including Praetor, Praetorius, Pratorius, Pretorius, (German), and in English Preater, Preter and Pretor, this is a surname of Germanic origins although the ultimate origin is the Roman (Latin) word praetor . This… … Surnames reference